Bug#843191: systemd-sysv-install: policy creds not carried forward

[Michael Biebl]

Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/4957

Am 22.12.2016 um 14:54 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 04.11.2016 um 20:27 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
>> systemd-sysv-install is executed at the client side, not on the server
>> side. This is something that probably makes sense fixing upstream, as
>> units enabled/disabled via the bus are not synchronized with sysv
>> state.
> 
> Hm, a cheap workaround could be, to run update-rc.d using pkexec if
> uid!=0. This would require a second polkit prompt, but this would be
> better then failing with a permission denied.

I've forwarded this upstream.
Let's see what Lennart has to say.
If he doesn't like the idea, we can still go the pkexec route and accept
the duplicate polkit prompt.


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